admission
/ədˈmɪʃən/
"admission" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“admission” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #5,569 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,569
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The act or practice of admitting.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | admission |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ədˈmɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “admission” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for admission is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ədˈmɪʃən/. Corpus data places it at rank #5,569 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for admission, with forms such as "addmission", "adimssion", and "admision". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "admissions", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionis; compare French admission. See admit. The correct English form is admission, spelled A-D-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act or practice of admitting.
- 2Permission to enter, or the entrance itself; admittance; entrance; access
- 3The granting of an argument or position not fully proved; the act of acknowledging something asserted; acknowledgement; concession.
- 4Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a confession may be made without such inquiry.
- 5A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made out of court are received in evidence
- 6Declaration of the bishop that he approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the cure of the church to which he is presented.
- 7The cost or fee associated with attendance or entry.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin admissio, admissionis; compare French admission. See admit.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: addmission,adimssion,admision,admisison,admissino,admissionn,admissoin,admistion,admmission,admsision,amdission,damission
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of admission - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “admission”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is A-D-M-I-S-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ədˈmɪʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “admissions” - see the side-by-side comparison. admission vs admissions
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.